Machine for paring and finishing boots and shoes.



PATENTS-D JULY 31, 1906. H'. G. RODGES. MACHINE FOR PARING AND FINISHINGBOOTS AND SHOES.

APPLIO ATION FILED DEO.20,1904.

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UNITED sTATEs' PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY G. RODGES, OF VVESTBOURNE PARK, LONDON, ENGLAND.

'MACHINEFOR PARING AND FINISHING BOOTS AND'SHOES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 31, .1906.

To allwhom it may concern:

7 Be it known that I, HENRY GEORGE RODGEs,'shoemaker, a subject of theKing of GreatBritain, residing at .108 Acklam'road, Westbourne Park,London, En land,have invented certain new and useful mprovements inMachines for Paring and Finishing Boots and Shoes, of whichthe-following is a specification.

In the specification of British .Patent .No. 24,141 of'1902 is describeda machine for paring and finishing boots and shoes wherein threetoolsare mounted in bearings on a frame arranged coaxially with adriving-shaft and-so as to rotate. The standardthat carries thedriving-shaft also carries a loose pulley in sucha position that whenthe said frame is rotated each tool can be brought in turn intoalinement with the axis of the loose pulley. Thusa belt driven by apulley on the drivingshaft can be shifted'from the loosepulley onto apulleykeyed to the tool in order to drive: the latter.

By my invention 1 mount two rotatable frames on one frame'or standardandthe tools on these tool-frames in such a manner that two tools, oneoneach frame, can be driven directly by the same belt. 'A machineconstructed in this manner is much lighter and more compact for itsnumber of tools than that described in the aforesaid specification andcan be driven with less consumption ofpower.

In the accompanying drawings I have illustrated the preferred form of mynew machine. Figure-1 is a side elevation of 1 the machine withoutadust-collector, and'Fig. 2 is a plan thereof with a dust-collector andhaving certain parts broken away. vFig. 3 is a front view of-thetool-frame mounted on the machine. Fig. 4 is a side elevation; Fig. 5, aplan of a modification, andFig. 6 is aplan of a second modification.

Like letters of reference indicate like parts in all the figures. To thetop surface of a standard a, in bearings in whichmay be mounted thedrivingshaft '1), are adjustably fixed'two brackets a, each carryingavertical boss or disk (1, whereon is I mounted, so as to rotate, atool-frame e. The latter has a number of arms f-in this instancefoureach.witha bearing 9. for a toolspindle h, on which spindle is fixeda pulley i. In order that-by rotating the framestwo tool-spindles: 9,one on each frame, may be brought together so that their axes are in:the same straight line asshown iii-Figs; l and? the bosses or disks d orthe brackets carrying them are mounted in vertical planeswhichareat anangle to each other, and the arms f are bent forward to make an anglewith the-said'plane, or the whole tool-frame may be slightly dished.This arrangement .also allows .the

standard a to be of-comparatively considerable dimensions withoutinterfering withthe rotation of the tool-frames. When :twotoolspindleshave been brought I together I in the manner described, their pulleysq,registenwith each other and may both ibe driven Eby;a beltk, passingover a drivingepulley, suchas-"Z. By means of a fork m the belt mayzbeshifted from the position. shown in Figs. i1 and 2, so as to run: oneither pulley talone, thus leaving one ofthe tool-framesifree to rotatewithout being impeded'byzthebelt.

The direction of; rotation oftheltoolframe is indicated by the arrow inFig. 3, and in order toretain the frame in place when thetools are inthe desired position thereis pivoted .in a .recess in the disk (1 aspringrdetent n, which engages in an appropriately-shaped notch 0 in thetool-frame when any one of the tools is'in the positionforbeing drivenby the belt.

When a dustcollector is necessaryflt may consist of a hood, such as 1),carried by a suction-pipe, such as. r, passing through the. disk (1 tothe suction side of a fan. (Not shown in the drawings.) When only one ofthe, tools on a frame requires a dust-collector, the pipe I 1.

may be mounted in1a bush atthe center of the disk (1, so that it canrotate with -.the toolframe, in which case it maybe supported by an armor bracket carried by the tooleframe, or the pipe 1" may be fixed andthe hood 1)- may be made tobe openedwhen the tooli-frameis to berotated, so that each tool when brought into operative positionmay-becoveredby closing the hood.

Although I prefer. to mount the. tool frames in the manner'l havedescribed, aslbelieve this gives the most compactand-stablemachine forits Wei ht, .I may mountthetoolframes 6 in ara lel planes, asshowninliigs. 4 and 5. n this case thetool-spindlesh slide in theirbearings .g andaare .at right angles to the planes of the tool-frames.

When not in use, the, tool-spindles are drawn forward, as shown atthetop. andabottom of Fig. 4:, so that when the frames are rotated.

the 1pulleys 0; clear thestandards a. When the too s are to be operated,the spindles h are Tlid back until the belt 7c can run on the puleys t IIn the modification shown in Fig. 6 the frames e are mounted in planesat an angle to each other, as in the form shown in Figs. 1 and 2, butinstead of bending the arms f 2 in the manner shown in Figs. 1 and 2 thebearings g are mounted at an angle to these arms to insure that the twotool-spindles which are in their operative position shall have theiraxes in the same straight line. The standard a is cut away to allow thepulleys i to pass when the tool-frames are rotated.

Having thus described the nature of this invention and the best means Iknow of carrying the same into practical efiect, I claim 1. A machinefor paring and finishing boots and shoes, comprising a standard, twotool-frames mounted on the said standard in vertical planes at an angleto each other, tool-spindles mounted in each of the said frames each ofthe said spindles in one frame being adapted to be brought into the samestraight. line with any spindle of the other frame with its rear end inclose proximity to the rear end of the spindle with which it is in lineand means for rotating simultaneously the two spindles in line.

2. A machine for paring and finishing boots and shoes, comprising astandard, two rotatable tool-frames mounted on the said standard invertical planes at an angle to each other, tool-spindles mounted in eachof the said frames at an angle to the plane in which the frame ismounted such that by rotating the frames two spindles one on each framecan be brought into the same straight line with their rear ends in closeproximity, and means for rotating simultaneously the two spindles thusbrought in line.

3. A machine for paring and finishing boots and shoes, comprising astandard, two rotatable tool-frames mounted on the said standard invertical planes at an angle to each other, tool-spindles mounted in eachof the said frames at an angle to the plane in which the frame ismounted such that by rotatingthe frames two spindles one on each framecan be brought into the same straight line with their rear ends in closeproximity, a pulley on the rear end of each spindle, a driving-shaft, adriving-pulley on the said shaft and a belt passing over the saiddrivingulley and both the pulleys of the two spindles which are in linewith each other.

4. A machine for paring and finishing boots and shoes, comprising astandard, two bosses carried by the said standard, a toolframe mountedto rotate on each of the said bosses in vertical planes at an angle toeach frame being adapted to be brought into the same straight line withany spindle of the other frame with its rear end in close proximity withthe rear end of the spindle with which it is in line, means for rotatingsimultaneously the two spindles in line, a dust-collecting hood and asuction-pipe carrying the said hood and passing through the boss onwhich the said frame is mounted.

5. A machine for paring and finishing boots and shoes, comprising astandard, two bosses carried by the said standard, a tool frame mountedto rotate on each of the said bosses in vertical planes at an angle toeach other, tool-spindles mounted in each of the said frames, each ofthe said spindles in one frame being adapted to be brought into the samestraight line with any spindle of the other frame with its rear end inclose proximity with the rear end of the spindle with which it is inline, means for rotating simultaneously the two spindles in line, adust-collecting hood, a suction-pipe carrying the said hood and passingthrough the boss on which the said frame is mounted, the saidsuctionpipe being adapted to rotate with the frame.

6. A machine for finishing boots and shoes having two sets oftool-spindles, means for supporting said spindles in a normally inclinedrelation to each other, said supporting means permitting the spindles tobe moved to bring a spindle of one set into a straight line with aspindle of the other set, and means for rotating the alining spindlessimultaneously.

7. A machine for finishing boots and shoes having two sets oftool-spindles, means for supporting said spindles in a normally inclinedrelation to each other, said supporting means permitting the spindles tobe moved to bring a spindle of one set into a straight line with aspindle of the other set, means for rotating the alining spindles. I

8. A machine for finishing boots and shoes having two shiftable sets ofrotatable toolspindles, a power-transmitting means upon the inner end ofeach of said spindles, means for supporting the spindles of one set outof operative alinement with the spindles of the other set, said meanspermitting the powertransmitting means of a spindle of one set to bebrought into alinement with the powertransmitting means of a spindle ofanother set, and a single operating means for engaging thepower-transmitting means of the alined spindles for operating them.

9. A machine for finishing boots and. shoes having two shiftable sets ofrotatable toolspindles, a pulley upon the inner end of each of saidspindles, means for supporting the spindles of one set out of operativealinement with the spindles of the other set, said means permitting thepulley of a spindle of one set to be brought into alinement with thepulley of a spindle of another set, and a single oper-r ating means forengaging the ulleys of the alined spindles for operating t em.

10. A machine for finishing boots and shoes, having two shiftable setsof rotatable toolspindles, means for supporting the spindle of one setout of operative alinement with the spindles of the other set, saidmeans ermitting a spindle of one set to be broug t into alinement withthe spindle of another set,

and a single operating means for engaging IO with the alined spindlesfor operating them.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

HENRY G. RODGES.

Witnesses: I

JosEPH WILLARD, WALTER J. SKERTEN.

